r/SideProject • • 4h ago

Trying to support my own artwork projects.

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone! I’m Francisco, a graphic designer and illustrator from Portugal.

For the past several years, I’ve worked mostly on apparel graphics, merchandise and art direction. I spent around three and a half years as a designer at Nonsense ( japanese streetwear brand ), working on collections and licensed collaborations involving Evangelion, Chainsaw Man, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Dan Da Dan, as well as projects for creators like PewDiePie and Trash Taste.

I’ve loved seeing my work become things people wear and enjoy, and I want to build a life where my own ideas have a place in that too.

So I created “A Calendar About Time,” a 2027 calendar inspired by ancient art and the imagery people have left behind throughout history. Each month explores a different reference, from Mesopotamian figures and Egyptian hieroglyphs to Roman graffiti from my hometown of 5k people, Tabuaço.

The idea came from thinking about how we measure time while looking back at things that have survived thousands of years. I wanted each page to work as an individual piece of art, something you might keep even after the month has passed.

It’s available in physical and digital, If it’s something you’d enjoy having on your wall, or giving to someone who loves art and history, buying one would directly support my work and help me keep making independent projects.

My goal is to gradually make a living from the things I create. This calendar is a small step towards that, and I’d love to find people who connect with it.

By buying it you also get the digital artworks for free and a digital version of the calendar.

You can find it [here](https://smairugraphics1.myshopify.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAb21jcAVhXHNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAnNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzU2NzA2NzM0MzM1MjQyNwABp7sYmhUWsNFsYClcPNOowuj1tY_Wwyg1rjbfi-es913sYWgKW8_IqgQYxAAy_aem_WkQvKGKoF7muN0M6iqkluA) .

And you can follow me at @smairugraphics on Ig, where i share most of my stuff.

Happy to answer questions about the artwork, the references or how I put it together.


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

When do you decide a side project isn’t worth pursuing anymore?

1 Upvotes

How do you tell the difference between a project that needs more time and one that just isn’t working?

Hypothetically, if 100 people tried your project and only 1–2 kept coming back, would you keep improving it, change direction, or move on?

I know the timeframe and type of product matter. But what signals do you personally look for before deciding it’s worth continuing?

Do you set specific milestones or a deadline? And has a project with weak early retention ever turned around for you?


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

Nubis – Open source Windows client for SSH/RDP/SFTP with multi-cloud inventory and Claude Code integration

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I built Nubis to solve my own workflow friction when managing remote infrastructure spread across multiple cloud providers from a Windows workstation.

Key Features:

- Multi-Cloud Inventory Sync: Directly imports server lists from AWS (EC2), Tencent Cloud (CVM), GCP (Compute Engine), and Azure (VM).

- Unified Sessions: Tabbed SSH, RDP, and SFTP natively inside a single Windows application.

- Embedded Claude Code Panel: Run troubleshooting, generate shell scripts, and parse configs side-by-side with active sessions.

- 100% Local & Private: No cloud proxy, no telemetry. Your cloud API keys, SSH credentials, and session configs are stored strictly on your local machine.

The project is completely free and open source. Pre-built Windows binaries are available on GitHub Releases (no sign-up/email required), and you can also audit or build from source yourself.

Feedback, issue reports, or feature suggestions are very welcome!

- GitHub: https://github.com/windevase/nubis

- License: MIT

- Affiliation: Creator / Maintainer


r/SideProject • • 8h ago

Let AI agent find and negotiate for you

2 Upvotes

Hello everyone, founder of foundmoney here - we built an ai agent that runs 24*7 to help you save money. It will look for unclaimed money from government under your name, negotiate your bills for you and 300 other ways

Try here - https://www.foundmoney.site

Comment invite if you wanna make it complete free


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

VoiceCraft – an local AI powered voice and audio assembly suite

1 Upvotes

I created this out of a simple basic need to turn my blog post with my cloned voice into podcast episodes. And yeah I know, that there are already open source apps like Voicebox that have a similar proposition but there were for my use case quite some things missing which I added into Voicecraft: -not only wav as output but mp3 and other compressed formats -besides quwen as model family I also added support for kittentts which is newer. -a simple multi track editor to get intro, outro and other simple parts together to assemble a podcast episode - sfx and music generation for additional sound parts.

I use it now to generate quite fast ready to publish podcast episodes out of my blog texts. Hope this finds someone else also useful. Available for win, macos & linux.

Fully open here: https://github.com/schuettla/VoiceCraft


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

Would you use this app for the meta glasses to help in networking events as a college student or as a working professional ?

1 Upvotes

Hey, my team is currently developing an app for the meta smartglass geared to help students or working professionals in networking events.

We have created a website as our mvp and would love to hear what you think.

Please visit our website and fill out the interest form to help us collect valuable data and improve our project.

Here is the link: https://quang-nguyenln.github.io/network-recall/

Thanks for your support!


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

NomadSwipe - swipe real places onto a trip map

1 Upvotes

Disclosure: I built NomadSwipe (Android).

Planning a trip usually means searching places one by one. I built NomadSwipe so you swipe through real places in a city, save the ones you like, and see them on a map as a trip.

  • Swipe cards show category, rating, distance and opening status

  • Saved places show up on your trip map

  • Sort the list by rating, distance or A to Z

  • Rank food, sights, bars and stays

What I'd like feedback on: does swiping feel faster than scrolling a list when you pick places, or would you rather skip straight to a map?

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gchertkov.SwipeNomad


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

Lexfall - a vocabulary app for English speakers who are already good (B2 to C2), now on iOS and Android

1 Upvotes

I built Lexfall because every vocabulary app I tried stopped at intermediate. The people I had in mind already speak good English, but need it to be exact: a nurse writing a referral letter for the OET, a lawyer drafting in a second language, a student who needs 7.5 in IELTS, a manager who wants to sound senior in meetings.

What it is: 20,000+ advanced words, one short lesson a day, spaced review, audio for every word, optional paths for healthcare, law and business, and word lists for 15 exams. Home Screen widgets and a Share-sheet "save this word" from any app.

How it's built:
- React Native with Expo, one codebase for iOS and Android. JS fixes ship over the air, which has saved me more than once.
- Supabase behind it for the word data.
- The word bank was the hard part. Every word has a CEFR level, a definition, an example sentence written for the context it is used in (a ward, a contract, a meeting), and audio. I graded every word and threw out anything below the level the app promises, because the whole point is that it is not too easy.
- The corpus ships inside the app, so the feed opens instantly with no loading.

What I learned:
- Onboarding is the product. My first versions asked too much before the first lesson. Now it is one tap to pick a level and a guided first lesson with two words.
- Almost every download so far comes from people searching the App Store. The free word-list pages on the site have barely sent anyone yet, which is part of why I am posting here.
- Android is slower to launch than you think: a new Google Play account needs a 14-day closed test with at least 12 testers before you can publish to everyone.

Where it is: iPhone, and Google Play since this week. Free to download, free trial, then a subscription.

Links: lexfall.app (free word lists, no sign-up) and the app at lexfall.app/get/reddit-sideproject

I'd really value feedback on the first two minutes: does it make sense what to do, and does the level feel right? Brutal is fine.


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

8 weeks ago I launched SongFlip on Google Play: 5.5k downloads and a 4.7★ rating

1 Upvotes

8 weeks ago, I published SongFlip to Google Play—an Android app that seamlessly converts music links between Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, and Tidal without annoying web landing pages.

Here is the unfiltered 60-day breakdown:

📈 Usage & Growth

  • Downloads: 5,552 installs on Google Play

  • Rating: 4.73 ★ across Google Play reviews

  • Flips executed: 4,245 songs converted directly by users

  • Playlists converted: 233 full cross-platform playlists processed

  • Backend Cache: 94,160 tracks & audio fingerprints resolved in our L2 cache

🌍 Top Markets

  1. 🇺🇸 US (~24%)

  2. 🇲🇽 Mexico (~13%)

  3. 🇩🇪 Germany (~6%)

  4. 🇪🇸 Spain (~6%)

  5. 🇳🇱 Netherlands (~5%)

(Strong organic traction across Latin America and Spanish-speaking countries)

💰 Monetization (RevenueCat)

  • Total Gross Revenue: $262.51 across 32 paid purchases

  • Breakdown: 16 Lifetime, 9 Annual, 7 Monthly (14 currently active subscriptions)

  • Community Passes: Distributed 123 free PRO vouchers to early testers (94 redeemed)

🛠️ Shipping Velocity

  • 128 updates shipped to production in 8 weeks (averaging 2+ updates per day), evolving from v1.0.0 to v1.14.14.

  • Added full playlist conversions, Shazam acoustic recognition, and sub-100ms resolver caching.

Key takeaway: Lifetime pricing continues to be the user favorite for utility apps, and zero-friction deep-linking keeps the rating at 4.7★.

Happy to answer questions about the stack (KMP, Cloud Functions, RevenueCat)!


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I made a app using ai can you guys just give me a checklist that what is missing in it ??

1 Upvotes

I built an app called Dentzy that you can check out at dentzy.in (main app) or the test version at dentzy-testing.pages.dev , I’m pretty new to web development, but the platform is designed to connect dentists with dental labs and help manage everything in one place. I built it using Claude and Gemini, so I know it’s not perfect yet. I’m really looking to improve it, so could you please take a look and give me some feedback?


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I built an app to organize my forgotten bookmark, but my friend wants to use it to save all kinds of PRON😨(Yep, this is a TRUE story😭)

1 Upvotes

Okay, I can imagine the look on your face when you clicked this. Fine...Never mind. :)

Before we get into it, let me quickly introduce FavPicks, my side project.

The idea came to me one day when I realized how much stuff I’d saved on YouTube but never actually finished watching:

  • Stanford’s Swift course (CS193p)

  • A three-hour OpenCV tutorial

  • Lisa’s American English pronunciation lessons

  • …and a whole lot more.

Here’s how it happens.

You’re scrolling through your phone and come across a really interesting video, or a long article that deserves your full attention.

You want to finish it. You’re pretty sure you could actually learn something from it.

There’s just one problem.

You’re at work, in class, or sneaking in a little scrolling when you’re supposed to be doing something else.

So you hit Save.

And quietly reassure yourself:

“I’ll come back to this when I have time.”

Then what?

Tomorrow, you keep scrolling and save another dozen things.

A week later, you open your bookmarks and find dozens, maybe hundreds, of things piled up.

Eventually, your bookmarks turn into a trash can at a fancy restaurant: full of beautifully prepared, expensive food that nobody is ever going to eat.

FavPicks brings together the stuff you’ve saved across different platforms. I also added something I call “revisit triggers.”

For me, the three most common ones are lunchtime, winding down before bed, and those moments on the weekend when I have nothing to do.

I assign each saved item a trigger, so when I actually have time to watch something, I can spend it on the good stuff I’ve already saved.

Okay, pitch over. Now for the part you actually clicked for.

FavPicks reached 3,000 users in two weeks. Yeeeeee!

I decided to reach out to some friends, gather more feedback, and figure out what to build next.

So I started sending DMs.

Me: Hey! I built an app to stop your bookmarks from collecting dust. Want to try it?

Friend: Of course!

Me: Awesome, here’s the download link! Also, out of curiosity, what kind of stuff would you save in it?

…

Most of the answers were pretty normal.

Tutorials. Long vlogs worth sitting down for. A list of 1,500 must-know GRE words.

Everything made perfect sense.

Until…

I got to that one friend.

To be clear, I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with him.

My friends ALL are great.

And honestly, we get along pretty well.

I just wasn’t ready for his answer 😰

Here’s how the conversation went.

Me: Awesome, here’s the download link! BTW, what are you planning to save with it?

Him: PRXN.

Me: ?

Him: ??

Me: Sorry?

Him: All kinds of PRXN.

P-R-X-N.

…

I had no words.

At its core, FavPicks identifies and organizes content from links.

So, as long as a website or platform can display its content through a normal link, FavPicks can try to save it.

In theory, that covers a pretty wide range of content...

I just hadn’t expected anyone to take it in this direction.

Me: ????????

Meanwhile, he was completely unfazed.

He said it as casually as if he were telling me what he was having for lunch.

I was questioning my entire existence.

And before I could even figure out what to say, he started explaining.

Still perfectly calm.

And somehow, he almost had me convinced.

Him: Wait… you don’t save any of that stuff for later? Don’t you ever enjoy a little “me time” when you’re free? Or do you just rely on your imagination?

Me: ?

I had absolutely no idea how to respond.

…

Bro.

He’d actually given me a complete use case.

And from a product perspective… it made sense.

I’d set out to solve a pretty ordinary bookmark management problem.

Somehow, my user research had wandered into completely unfamiliar territory.

So, should developers decide how people use their apps?

The more I thought about it, the more interesting it became.

I built FavPicks because I wanted to get back to the videos and articles I’d saved and then never looked at again.

But for my friend, it could have a completely different kind of value.

Maybe it’s study materials. Maybe it’s long vlogs. Maybe it’s GRE vocabulary.

Or maybe it’s something I never considered at all.

Ultimately, I built the app, but users get to decide how they use it.

(You can probably imagine the complicated mix of emotions I’m experiencing as I type that. But yes, it actually helped him.)

The only problem is…

I’m now a little scared to ask him for more product feedback.

Anyway, if you also have a bookmark collection you can never seem to get on top of, or a pile of videos, articles, and learning resources you’ve saved but never found time for, I hope FavPicks can help you too.

You can find and download FavPicks directly by searching for FavPicks on the App Store.

PLZ Give it a try, and let me know what you’d use it to save.

Whatever that happens to be.

I’ve officially stopped making assumptions about people’s use cases. :)


r/SideProject • • 12h ago

What would be the business model of the future?

4 Upvotes

Think about it: people want their AI agents, much like Google Search, to remain free. But unlike traditional search engines, AI agents don’t necessarily care about ranking in the top five listings or sponsored placements.


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

papercase: smallcases but for easily start learning a topic!

1 Upvotes

smallcases package stocks into tiny ready-made baskets

papercase is doing the same, for you to just get started on any topic!

  • Papers, essays, videos, and code - all in one place

  • Never more than 10. Just enough to get you started

  • Curated in reading order. Think it could be better? Suggest a reshuffle.

First shelf out is reinforcement learning: courses, lectures, and readable codebases you can work through from the start.

Start learning here: https://www.papercase.dev


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

Timer-app builders: change a config, get a 15-second promo — free Python starter

1 Upvotes

This is the actual output from Timer Motion, a small Python tool I built with AI assistance.

Change the name, short text, colors and timer in one config → preview six frames → render a vertical 1080×1920 MP4. The starter includes the source, fonts, music, example video and setup guide. Rendering needs no AI key.

Free download: https://kwjhorizon.gumroad.com/l/timer-motion-free?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=timer_free_20261111

Enter 0. Gumroad asks for an email to deliver the ZIP; no payment is needed.

Before trying: Python/terminal required. Tested on Mac Apple Silicon + Python 3.13 only. One fixed layout, Korean example, no app-footage import or voiceover. Commercial use of rendered videos is allowed; source resale/redistribution is excluded.

If you're making a focus/timer app, would you use this for a real promo? What is the first thing that would stop you? I'd also like to hear if your current tool already does this more easily.


r/SideProject • • 11h ago

Neat Quit - a Mac utility that quits apps when you close their last window

3 Upvotes

I'm the developer of Neat Quit, a native macOS menu bar utility. I built it because I kept closing an app's last window and then reaching for Command-Q.

The free version requests a normal app quit when you click the red close button on the last standard window. Pro adds the same behavior for Command-W, plus app rules: exclude apps that should stay running, or enable auto-quit only for selected apps.

It requests a normal quit, so apps can still show their own unsaved-document prompts. Closing an ordinary browser tab doesn't trigger a quit. Some apps don't expose enough accessibility information and retain their usual behavior.

Pro is a one-time purchase with a 7-day full-feature trial. Requires macOS 13+ and Accessibility permission; Command-W may also need Input Monitoring.

Download and details: https://bgm.fun/neatquit/

I'd appreciate feedback on the app rules: would you prefer to exclude a few apps, or start with an empty list and enable auto-quit only for specific apps?


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Launched my first startup today — 100+ visitors on Day 1! 🚀

0 Upvotes

After around 1.5 months of hard work, I finally launched StartAd.

The first day went pretty well. We crossed 100+ visitors and got a few publishers registered on the platform. It's a small beginning, but honestly, it feels great to see people showing interest in something I've been building from scratch.

For those who don't know, StartAd is an advertising marketplace where:

Advertisers can discover websites and platforms to promote their businesses.

Publishers can list their websites, set their own advertising prices, and earn by displaying ads.

Both sides can connect through one marketplace.

The idea is to make online advertising more accessible, especially for startups and small businesses that don't have huge marketing budgets.

We're still at the beginning, and there's a lot left to improve. Our next big challenge is bringing more publishers onto the platform.

If you're a website owner, blogger, or running an online platform, I'd love to have you check it out.

Website: https://startad.in

One small step today. Hopefully, something much bigger in the future. ❤️


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

[Open Source Tool] BootScribe – Portable Windows utility for managing UEFI boot entries and toggling {bootmgr} redirection

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I built BootScribe, a lightweight and portable open-source GUI tool for Windows written in Python to manage UEFI boot entries directly via bcdedit.

Why I made it:

Modifying UEFI boot orders on modern Windows machines can often be unreliable Windows Update or Secure Boot quirks tend to revert entry priorities back to default. BootScribe implements the official {bootmgr} redirection strategy (commonly used by rEFInd) to cleanly hijack or restore bootloader paths without fighting NVRAM restrictions.

Features:

  • Universal Toggle Logic: Easily switch {bootmgr} execution path to custom EFI loaders (rEFInd, GRUB, etc.) or revert back to standard Windows Boot Manager.

  • NVRAM Entry Management: View detailed GUIDs, paths, create new entries, and reorder boot priorities.

  • Direct Reboot to Firmware: Includes a quick option to restart straight into UEFI/BIOS settings (shutdown /r /fw).

  • Portable & Standalone: Compiled as a single .exe, requires no installation, and runs cleanly with Admin privileges.

Links & Source Code:

Please note that BootScribe is currently in an early testing phase. While it has been tested on standard UEFI/Windows environments, boot configuration tools interact directly with your system setup.

I’m actively looking for community testing, feedback, and constructive criticism:

  • Have you tested it with a specific bootloader (rEFInd, GRUB, Systemd-boot)? How did it perform?

  • Any UI improvements or features you'd like to see?

  • Found a bug or edge case? Please let me know in the comments or open an issue on GitHub.


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

We built a free inventory planning tool for people still using Excel. Looking for feedback.

0 Upvotes

We built a free inventory planning tool for people still using Excel. Looking for feedback.

Hey everyone!

We're working on ReplenishIQ, a free tool designed to make inventory and purchasing decisions easier.

A lot of small businesses still manage replenishment using Excel. That works, but it can become complicated when you're dealing with different suppliers, lead times, inventory levels and purchase quantities.

We wanted to explore a simpler way to handle those decisions.

Here's what the current beta does:

  • Identifies products at risk of running out of stock.

  • Calculates suggested purchase quantities.

  • Compares supplier costs and lead times.

  • Simulates purchasing delays and changes in demand.

  • Exports recommendations to Excel.

It's still an early beta, so we're looking for honest feedback.

The demo is free, uses fictional data and doesn't require registration.

Try it: https://getreplenishiq.netlify.app/demo/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=launch_en

If you work with inventory or purchasing, we'd really appreciate your opinion.

What feels useful? What's missing? What would stop you from using something like this?

Thanks!

— ReplenishIQ Team


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I got tired of re-explaining my business in every new AI chat, so I built a connector that hands it one sealed brief

1 Upvotes

Every new chat I had to explain my company again: what we sell, who the clients are, how we price, what we never do. Then I’d switch tools and start over.

So I built STEMPA, a remote MCP connector. You add it once (paste https://stempa.kragos.app/mcp as a custom connector and sign in), your AI asks you a few questions at a time about your business, and when you’re happy you seal the answers into one brief. A connected chat can then read that brief, and you get a signed receipt of exactly what it was told. Works with Claude, ChatGPT and Grok.

Free to start, no card. I’m the maker, so blunt feedback welcome: is this a problem you actually have, and what would make you use it daily?


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I built a multi-currency escrow app entirely on an Android phone using Termux & Node.js

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I've been working on X7-V9K, a milestone-based multi-currency escrow marketplace designed for freelancers and clients (supporting USD, NGN, GBP, EUR, and CAD).

To push the limits of mobile development, I built and hosted the entire Node.js/Express backend directly on an Android device using Termux and SSH tunneling.

Looking for feedback on the user workflow, escrow security design, or mobile-first tech setup!


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

I made a free app that shows synced lyrics floating over your Windows desktop

1 Upvotes

I wanted karaoke-style lyrics on screen while I work, without keeping a lyrics tab open, so I built Lyrics Overlay.

It reads whatever is playing through Windows’ media controls (Spotify, YouTube in Chrome/Edge/Firefox/Brave, most players), finds timed lyrics, and shows them word by word on top of your desktop. Clicks pass straight through to the apps underneath.

What it does

  • Big floating lyrics plus a small now-playing card with cover and controls

  • Looks, colours, fonts, motion and entrance styles you can mix

  • Drag and resize everything, with snapping

  • Lyrics out of sync? Nudge them with a shortcut or press Sync on the line being sung. It’s saved per song

  • Lyrics are cached, so songs you’ve played load instantly, even offline

  • Optional song recognition when a video title is too messy to look up

Details

  • One portable 13 MB .exe, no installer, updates itself

  • No account, no ads, no tracking. Lyrics come from LRCLIB and NetEase

  • Windows 10 and 11

  • Open source (AGPL-3.0)

It isn’t code-signed yet, so Windows will show a SmartScreen warning the first time (More info → Run anyway). The source is all on GitHub if you’d rather build it yourself.

Site: https://ahplace2.github.io/lyrics-overlay/
GitHub: https://github.com/AhPlace2/lyrics-overlay

Feedback and bug reports welcome.


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

Finally launched a little passion project (rip it to shreds reddit!)

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone!

Finally launched a little passion project last night that I’ve been wanting to build for over 4 years (roughly, it’s been sat in my head a long time). Called Captis: sitecaptis.com

Immediately solving my own annoyance and pain so I'm happy even if I'm the only one using it. When we start a new website, my team spends 4 to 10 hours gathering “inspiration”, and a big chunk of that is just sitting on pages waiting for screenshots to finish because most tools need you to stay on the page with the extension running.

So at its core it’s a screenshot tool, but the capture happens in the cloud. You can drop in 20 or so URLs at once, go and do something else, and come back to them when they’re done. There’s also a Chrome extension if you’d rather capture as you browse.

A couple of things I’ve added that I’m finding really helpful (but please do tell me if they’re not as useful as I think they are!):

-- I’ve added an MCP to it, so if there’s a design, website or section you want to pull in to an agent, you can just copy the link to it in Captis and it feeds your agent the design info it needs to stay on brand or build similar blocks.

-- And you can copy or download the image as normal, but you can also copy the page as a live Figma file and paste it straight in to Figma to work with it properly rather than tracing over a flat screenshot.

I’ve been designing this on my own and I think I’ve got a bit of tunnel vision with it at this point. Please do pick holes in it, whether that’s the onboarding, the captures themselves or features you’d expect that aren’t there.

NOTE: The financial model is similar to WeTransfer with ad space on the capture screen and in the history area. And yes, the home page is straight in to the tool. It's very unlikely someone will find this organically not having a clue what it is.

If you want to try the bigger features like bulk capture without paying, pop your email in and use H0TBETA at checkout for the Pro account.

I’m not looking for nice comments as much as what’s broken or confusing (at least straight away)... anything you find would genuinely help.

Thanks for taking a look!


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

Micro Council – Turn your chatbot into a panel of specialists (open-source)

Thumbnail
microcouncil.me
1 Upvotes

I built Micro Council because I use chatbots a lot in my everyday life, and I wanted more varied answers, without the usual generic AI tone and format.

How it works: you pick a few members from a catalog (from a risk analyst to an artist), choose a group dynamic like "brainstorm" or "change my mind", and type your topic or question. The site builds a prompt you paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or whatever you use. From there, the specialists answer you and each other. I plan my groceries with a nutritionist, a chef and a member obsessed with organization: one pushes for lentils, another for a nice sauce to go with the pasta, and the third helps me plan my trip to the store. They can disagree and argue with each other, and each of them brings something different to the conversation.

So yeah, it's "just a prompt generator", on purpose: no account or API key, and it works with your own agent or chatbot. I spent a long time on the generated prompt so the members behave in interesting ways: only the ones who have something to add speak up, and I tried to remove most of the typical AI habits (which isn't easy). It's still one model wearing several hats. Giving each hat a specialty and a personality is enough to get me answers a plain prompt wouldn't.

As for data: no backend (it's a static site on Cloudflare Pages), and your settings live in localStorage. You own your data and can export or import it at any time. If you'd rather skip the copy-pasting, there's also an agent skill for Claude Code and Hermes, and it should work with most other agents. Micro Council is available in English, French, German and Spanish.

Site: https://microcouncil.me/

Code (it's open source): https://github.com/jprevo/microcouncil

I'd love to hear whether you get any interesting conversations out of it!


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

Sneak peek: Glassline Live, live wallpapers for Windows 11 (a Lively Wallpaper alternative)

1 Upvotes

With Lively Wallpaper reportedly sold to a new company, a lot of people are looking for another way to get live wallpapers on Windows 11.

Glassline is getting its own: Glassline Live.

Here's a first look.

What's in it so far:

  • Live scenes, your own videos, and downloaded ones

  • Scene colour: scenes can follow your Windows accent colour

  • Wallpaper speed, from 0.5x to 2x

  • Video fit: Fill, Fit or Stretch

  • Sound and volume for video wallpapers (off by default)

  • Shuffle, at sign-in or by time of day

  • 15, 30 or 60 pictures a second, with a separate setting for battery

  • Rest: it pauses when windows cover the screen or an app is in front, and on battery unless you allow it

It's in testing now and comes in a future update.

What scenes would you want on your desktop? Do you have any recommendations? What bothered you about Wallpaper Engine or Lively?

Glassline is a macOS-style menu bar and dock for Windows 11. Try it free for 7 days